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TOOTH BRUSH. A No. 247,012. Patented Sept. 13,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS UHEVALLIER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

TOOTH-BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,012, datedSeptember 13, 1881.

Application filed April 23, i881. (Model.)

TQ all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LoUIs CHEVALLIER, ofBrooklyn, Kings county, New York, have invented a new and ImprovedTooth-Brush, of which the following is a specication.

The object of this invention is to provide a brush with a reservoir forwater to be used during the application of the brush.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction ot a brush havingattached to its handle an elastic bulb or bag, that communicates withthe bristle-plate or face of the brush by means of a tubularpassageformed through said plate and handle.

The drawing represents a longitudinal sec ltional elevation of myimproved brush.

In the drawing, A represents a tooth-brush, of the usual design, havingformed in its handle A', throughout the length thereof, a tubularpassage, a, that connects at one end with a perforation, b, made atright angles thereto through the center of the brush plate or face A2.

B represents the elastic bulb or bag, secured about the handle A' overthe opposite end of the passage a, which increases in diameter towardthe end ofthe handle, so that the inner end ofthe handle shall extendnearly to thel bottom of the bulb, whereby all the Water in the bulb maybe easily ejected when the brush is held in an upright position. Oncompressing the bulb or bag B and introducing the brush into the water,and then removing the pressure from said bulb or bag B, water will bedrawn through the passages or perforations a b into the bulb or bag B tofill the vacuum therein. Then on applying the brush A to use, the watermay be forced out of the bulb B by compression through and about thebristles G upon the teeth or other objects to which the said brush A maybe applied.

I am aware that it is common to construct brushes with tubular handlesand elastic bulbs for containing and forcing liquid to the bristles, andtherefore do not broadly claim such a brush. Y

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The combination,with a tooth-brush having its handleconstructed with a tubular passage leading to and through thebristle-plate, of an elastic bulb which is fitted over the handle, sothat the end ot' said tubular handle shall eX- tend nearly in contactwith the bottom of said Y LOUIS CHEVALLIER.

Witnesses:

I. I. STORER, C. SEDGWICK.

